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[Updated: January 18, 2017] Last year we announced our new kid: Viral Content Buzz [Update: Currently ViralContentBee.con]. We’ve been diligently going through (and beyond) the To-Do list since then and even though the project can be considered pretty established now, I still have my wow moments with it. One of them is a little case […]

I love tools. Moreover, I love simple ideas that may have dozens of practical uses, like a Swiss knife (as my friend likes to put it). In today’s quick tip series, I am sharing a tool that combines two of my passions: automation and multi-purposefulness. I’ve been a long time user of Paper.li. I am […]

Keyword research is still an integral part of content creation, mostly because search engine rankings are unarguably (and possibly sadly) the best source of free traffic… but also because it’s a huge source of inspiration showing you what people in your niche are interested in and what hasn’t been covered well enough yet. Speaking of […]

There’s no denying a fact that most of marketing tasks we get to perform cannot (or should not) be automated. You cannot automate content creation and link acquisition. You’d better stay away from automating most of relationship building tasks. You cannot fully automate customer service, loyalty building and community nurturing. However automation can reinforce your […]

If I have learned anything since I started this blog is to find anything in Google almost momentarily. I can quickly find the source of a quote, the original image or the official documentation for anything. At college they used to say that you don’t need to (and you cannot) know answers to all questions: […]

I am on the hunt for traffic generation ideas because I firmly believe that it’s an extremely poor business decision to depend on only one source. That being said, if your site is already getting clicks from Google, your job is not done. Keep re-investing into varying your traffic sources to never be too vulnerable […]

A two-step optin is when a user first sees to action and after clicking it accesses the form to opt-in. It’s been tested and proven to be a very effective way to collect leads which is something I am going to play with as well. Here’s what a two-step opt-in looks like: Get updates on […]